this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. president zelensky has visited his troops on the front—line in eastern ukraine for the first time since the war started. culture secretary, nadine dorries, has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation after liverpool fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final. liverpool lost to real madrid, but did win two other cup finals. and tonight liverpool players have taken part in a parade through the city these fans are desperate to celebrate with the players, and you can see what it means to them. you can see what it means to them. you can see what it means to the fans of this football club. president biden is meeting the families of some of the 19

children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time — lester piggott — has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance — directed at russia — president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts —

particularly serevodonetsk — as "indescribably difficult" for the ukrainian army. it's the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that's taking more lives every day. with all this firepower, moscow is now making steady advances in the east. today, president zelensky visited north—eastern ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion. he was shown the damage inflicted in what's been some of the worst fighting of the war. handing out medals, he thanked soldiers for their service to their country. for risking their lives for all ukrainians, their comrades in the donbas were now facing what he said was an indescribably difficult situation.

applause. nowhere has president putin's war been harder than in the port city of mariupol. these pictures show it before the invasion. and this is what it looks like now. but in a bbc interview, moscow's emissary here defended the conduct of russian forces. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military targets. we have a lot of registered cases when... ..when ukrainian artillery was shelling residential areas. i do accept that mariupol is destroyed by fighting. but you won't accept it's the result of russian forces? no, it can be both because this is a fight. as i have said, russians are targeting military infrastructure. collateral damage is possible. the town of bucha has become synonymous with atrocities, but the ambassador dismissed allegations of war crimes here as a fabrication.

and what of an incident caught on cctv in which these two soldiers are about to kill two unarmed ukrainians? these men, sir, are walking away from the soldiers. you can see it there. they are shot and they are killed. is this how russia is conducting this war? i cannot tell whether they are russian soldiers. you have showed me something, probably a piece of a film or a piece of a game orajoke, orwhatever. a computer game, and telling me... sir, it's cctv footage. let's see what it is. it's cctv footage... great. ..from a building, and it has been corroborated. whatever the kremlin says, the ukrainian people know to their cost what to expect from the invading forces, and so, here in the town of sloviansk, they are preparing to flee as russia advances in the east. caroline hawley, bbc news. the european union has failed to reach agreement on an embargo of russian oil, on the eve of a summit of eu

leaders in brussels. the ban on oil imports is part of the eu's sixth sanctions package on russia over its invasion of ukraine, which the commission has been struggling to finalise. the package is being held up by hungary, which says an oil embargo would be a body blow to its economy because it can't easily import oil from elsewhere. slovakia and the czech republic have expressed similar concerns. eu ambassadors are to meet tomorrow morning ahead of the summit. with me is kira rudyk, ukrainian mp and current leader of the political party voice. i know you are very busy and you have come back from davos. what happened there?— have come back from davos. what happened there? thank you for having me. in happened there? thank you for having me- in davos — happened there? thank you for having me. in davos we _ happened there? thank you for having me. in davos we were _ happened there? thank you for having me. in davos we were able _ happened there? thank you for having me. in davos we were able to - happened there? thank you for having me. in davos we were able to have - me. in davos we were able to have this proper estimation on who

actually supports ukraine, which countries and leaders and if there were any ones who were not and we were any ones who were not and we were very surprised to see that their collective countries when we are talking about south america, africa, eastern countries, they were rather on russia's side and this is surprising and obviously upsetting. we will continue working on our diplomatic fronts to get their support but it is an illusion saying that the whole world support ukraine. ., ., . ukraine. for that collective south ou have ukraine. for that collective south you have described, _ ukraine. for that collective south you have described, what - ukraine. for that collective south you have described, what key - ukraine. for that collective south l you have described, what key point are they missing out on here. ukraine was the top three producers of wheat and sunflower oil, tomatoes and corn, and tell me which ones you don't like. which ones are you ready to give up? right now the world has

ten weeks of grain supplies, and then what? so the united nations know we are there food storage crisis and their are other organisations aware as well and the southern countries will be to be hit by the crisis. they would be the first ones, because they only priced grain from ukraine was the main exporter, so right now it's not only a matter of ukrainian security, it's a matter of ukrainian security, it's a matter of global food security to get the ports in ukraine unlocked to get the ports in ukraine unlocked to get us as much support as needed in terms of weapons, sanctions that you mention, in terms of a political support that we should be getting more and more and more and more. let's look at the subjects on those weapons. we have heard further calls for the long range weapons, any sign those are forthcoming on when will

they reach ukraine and why do you need them in particular? we they reach ukraine and why do you need them in particular?— need them in particular? we are askin: need them in particular? we are asking for _ need them in particular? we are asking for those _ need them in particular? we are asking for those countries - need them in particular? we are asking for those countries now. need them in particular? we are l asking for those countries now for wide range weapons. the united stage and united kingdom, we need the wide range of missiles because we need to be able to fight russia back as far as possible and they are advancing. can ijump in? just very quickly, one of the concerns from america is the long range missiles could possibly be used to hit russian territory and gradually guarantee this would not happen? we territory and gradually guarantee this would not happen?— territory and gradually guarantee this would not happen? we are at war. ukrainian _ this would not happen? we are at war. ukrainian people _ this would not happen? we are at war. ukrainian people are - this would not happen? we are at war. ukrainian people are dying i this would not happen? we are at. war. ukrainian people are dying for the last three months and civilians, soldiers, how can we guarantee at war that we will not be fighting them back. i can guarantee you the opposite that we will be using the weapons to protect our country and to fight russia. their supply chains, their weapons applies, everything we can. because you see

the war is not ending. it is not even coming towards the end, it is coming towards russian forces getting into ukrainian land, further and further, and we need a means to protect ourselves. we need a means to push them back. we did not attack them and right now all of the weapons we are asking for our two protectors and free our lands and if russian forces are hit by those missiles, well that is it, that is how the war works.— missiles, well that is it, that is how the war works. ok. i know you asked historically _ how the war works. ok. i know you asked historically when _ how the war works. ok. i know you asked historically when you - how the war works. ok. i know you asked historically when you are - how the war works. ok. i know you asked historically when you are in l asked historically when you are in davos about how the war will end. is it going to be the case, is the hard reality that ukraine is going to have to forfeit that land in the east, that donbas region. how does it sit with you as a ukrainian and politician? we it sit with you as a ukrainian and politician?— it sit with you as a ukrainian and olitician? ~ ., ., ., , ., politician? we are not ready to give u . politician? we are not ready to give u- an of politician? we are not ready to give up any of ukrainian _ politician? we are not ready to give up any of ukrainian territories. - up any of ukrainian territories. that would mean that all of the death, all of the people who have put their lives at stake, they were useless and i cannot let it happen.

when everybody is talking about peaceful negotiation, the question is, how do you make putin keep his part of the bargain? for eight years when he was attacking us in the east of our country because the war did not start this year, it's been going on and on and on, he was not able to execute any part of the deal, so right now the question to all of the world leaders is, is there a force in the world that will make him keep his word? and right now i am frustrated that it is not and that is why the result of this war and the resolve of this war is only military. the resolve of this war is only milita . . ~ the resolve of this war is only milita . ., ~ , ., the resolve of this war is only milita . ., ~' , ., , the resolve of this war is only milita . ., ~ i. , . the resolve of this war is only milita . . ~ , . ., military. thank you very much for our military. thank you very much for your time- _ military. thank you very much for your time- we — military. thank you very much for your time. we will _ military. thank you very much for your time. we will be _ military. thank you very much for your time. we will be looking - military. thank you very much for your time. we will be looking at l military. thank you very much for i your time. we will be looking at the front pages, the monday morning from pages and the gas joining to front pages, the monday morning from pages and the gasjoining to me tonight we have gemma forward and the journalist tonight we have gemma forward and thejournalist and tonight we have gemma forward and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost and i hope you're with us for that.

culture secretary, nadine dorries, has called on european football's governing body, uefa, to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong — and why — after chaotic scenes at last night's champions league final, between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tear gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was "deeply concerning". uefa has said it will "review these matters urgently" with french police. our correspondent, danjohnson, sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it's not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy—handed french police, who failed to manage the crowd and get everyone to their seats in time. it was an experience which meant many went home to merseyside today in shock as well as disappointment. a big queue of kids getting crushed together, it was disgusting, really. a young lad who i know,

he's 12, his dad posted a message, they were gassed. he's 12. a few older people were getting tear gassed, we got tear gassed. a few kids panicking. we got in, me and my daughter got into the stadium. it was quite intimidating but others did not get in who had tickets. we got there two and a half hours before kick—off and then going through one gate, thousand of us trying to go through one gate that only had one turnstile open. it was just mayhem. they were squashed against the fences, all down the side. people were crying. there was children on parents�* shoulders. we were in tears at what we witnessed. it was just horrific. liverpool fans have told us this was a narrow bottleneck, created by the police, which stopped them reaching the turnstiles, even though there were here in good time. so the pressure was on here. there were some people climbing the fence, it is not clear if they were actually liverpool fans. but uefa and the french authorities are sticking to their line that these problems were caused

by thousands of liverpool supporters turning up here with fake tickets. even the friends and family of liverpool players had trouble getting into the stadium. it was a shambles, really. you know, one of my mates who got a ticket from me was told it was a fake ticket, and i can assure you it was defintely not fake. when you get them from the club and you know the player... to be honest, they werejust making it up at times and clearly panicking and things like that, tear gas getting thrown at people, which is unacceptable. the culture secretary wants an investigation, echoing calls from liverpool's mayor, who was at the match herself. i'm gonna call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, to write to the french president, macron, and hold uefa to account. the police behaviour was absolutely brutal, and we need some answers. uefa says there will be a review into how this happened and whether the response was proportionate. but whatever was behind it,

this is not the impression sports fans were supposed to take away from the city hosting next year's rugby world cup then the olympics in 202a. danjohnson, bbc news, paris. despite finishing second in the premier league — and missing out on the champions league last night — thousands of liverpool fans have lined the streets of the city to welcome home their side and celebrate their double trophy—winning season. the reds won the fa and efl cups earlier this year, whilst the women's side lifted the women's championship our sports news correspondent, chetan pathak, was there to see the celebrations. we've been waiting for hours but the liverpool team buses finally making its way down the strand and thousands upon thousands of supporters have aligned these streets to applaud the players. the first bus you will see is the media

bias, and behind that you should be able to see the liverpool team bus, this double winning season where they have won the fa cup and the league cup, and theyjust missed out on the champions league last night in paris. the disappointment of that is palpable then but the fans i've been speaking to today as the red mist descends on the music pumps louder and the fireworks go on is that they do not want that alone should be the only focus. this has been a season in which liverpool played 63 games, every game they possibly could have played in every competition and they did have four defeats, that was all it was in the end, and they agonisingly fell short in the premier league season to manchester city last week and short again against real madrid but these desperate to celebrate with the players and you can see what it means to them, and you can see what it means to the fans of this

football club who have missed out on celebrating a premier league title backin celebrating a premier league title back in 2020 because of the coronavirus restrictions, there was no parade, but this is an opportunity not to be missed for the thousands of liverpool fans who have lined the streets across eight miles of this city and you can see what it means for the women's team as well, they won the championship title and are back in the women's super league and for the men's team, and jurgen klopp, he has won every trophy good albanian english football, the premier league, the champions league, the fa cup, the super cup, the club world cup. let's not take away from the disappointment of missing out on the quadruple and missing out on the quadruple and missing out on a troubled, but for the players, this is what it means to be a footballer at liverpool football club and perhaps the message from mohamed salah and sadio mane a is that he gets to sign a contract and this is an opportunity for them to realise what it is to blame for this team and i'm not sure

there are many other football clubs in world football that would see scenes like this for some would say, only, only winning two trophies, the fa cup in the league cup other than manchester city, every other city would swap in a second places with liverpool for scenes like this and the fans have turned out in their numbers in their thousands as you can see, to take this moment in, with the players, with the men's team, the women's team, holding the trophy is a lot. liverpool's great success at wembley, those back—to—back wins over chelsea on penalties this season which delivered the two remaining trophies thatjurgen klopp had not received, and for the women's team, they had deserved more than a cursory mention as they were relegated two seasons ago and won the championship in convincing style and back in the women's super league where feel they belong and football is the lifeblood of this city and the men's and women's team doing everything they

can to make the fans proud. the usjustice department has announced a formal investigation into the police response to the school shooting in texas last week, in which 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. young children trapped with the gunman repeatedly called 911 while officers waited to go in for at least an hour. it is the second time in as many as weeks as joe it is the second time in as many as weeks asjoe biden sad to perform the duty as can solar entry. just two weeks ago he was in buffalo, new york, where he met with the bereaved families of the ten victims in that mass shooting and here we are today,

where we will be meeting the families of the victims and some of the survivors, the young survivors of that tragedy just on tuesday, the survivors, the young survivors of that tragedyjust on tuesday, the mass shooting at the school where 21 children and adults were shot dead by an 18—year—old gunmen. it's a terribly solemn occasion and he has visited the school and wrapped it up and she and joe biden touched the statue and they have finished attended mass at a local catholic church which has been described as a very solemn occasion indeed. i very solemn occasion indeed. i understand that the time he will spend with the families is going to be a substantial amount of time, unusual, in fact.— unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual- _ unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual- he _ unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual. he is _ unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual. he is spending - unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual. he is spending all- unusual, in fact. yes, it is quite unusual. he is spending all day| unusual. he is spending all day here, several hours with the families and this is really the focus of his visit and he wants to

show support, he wants to empathise, he wants to share their grief, if thatis he wants to share their grief, if that is at all possible and offer some kind of consolation. of course, reaction to his visit is mixed, as it always is, and some people are saying it is a distraction and some people worry that he will politicise this tragedy even more than it already has been another say, yes, he is welcome and should be here, but ultimately what can he do, nothing is going to change. find but ultimately what can he do, nothing is going to change. and the backdro nothing is going to change. and the backdmp to — nothing is going to change. and the backdrop to this _ nothing is going to change. and the backdrop to this is _ nothing is going to change. and the backdrop to this is the _ backdrop to this is the investigation into the police response and i wonder if you could summarise that for us, and also, as this is something that's been discussed openly in uvalde? people here are furious _ discussed openly in uvalde? people here are furious about _ discussed openly in uvalde? people here are furious about the - discussed openly in uvalde? people here are furious about the police . here are furious about the police response. the two critical delays that happened in the 78 minutes between the gunmen entering the school and being shot dead by police when the order was finally given to

to storm the two classrooms connected. the officer in charge decided that the shooter was no longer active in his priority should be to evacuate the other children not in immediate harm's way and according to visuals that was a mistake and the second mistake was when he delayed again to wait tactical equipment. texas protocol and us protocol in these situations if there is one officer armed with one gun, that officer has to go in and for some reason, and this is why the department ofjustice is conducting the review, for some reason, the officer in charge did not follow the protocol. there's more travel disruption today. in dover, passengers have complained of waits of up to six hours to get on ferries. the delays are being blamed on a lack of staff at french passport control. and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick,

bristol and manchester, have expressed frustration , after airlines cancelled hundreds of flights over the next few days. joining me now is our business correspondent vivienne nunis. another day, and the big bang holiday getaway. let's start off with the ports. 50 holiday getaway. let's start off with the ports.— with the ports. so it's the third da in a with the ports. so it's the third day in a row — with the ports. so it's the third day in a row that _ with the ports. so it's the third day in a row that we _ with the ports. so it's the third day in a row that we have - with the ports. so it's the third day in a row that we have seen with the ports. so it's the third - day in a row that we have seen these long delays for drivers, some reporting weights of around three hours and some as many as five or six hours trying to get onto the ferries across the channel and in fact natalie elphick tweeted that dover is becoming as famous for traffic drams as the white clothes to give you an indication of how long—standing the problem has been. authorities think it might come down early in the way with people going back to work tomorrow but we will probably see the bottlenecks later in the week the bank holidays, so not good use —— good news for dover. the airport is no better. in not good use -- good news for dover. the airport is no better.— the airport is no better. in some

wa s not the airport is no better. in some ways not as _ the airport is no better. in some ways not as bad. _ the airport is no better. in some ways not as bad. early _ the airport is no better. in some ways not as bad. early in - the airport is no better. in some ways not as bad. early in the - the airport is no better. in some l ways not as bad. early in the week and we saw massive cancellations from easyjet and appalling customer service and also flight cancelled and now i'm hearing complaints about the spanish air port, airline, and customers saying they had to spend the night of the airport and others got to the gate only to be told that the flight was overbooked and they could get on so complaints from them as well. the other area is with baggage handlers, so in manchester and bristol, people said they were sat on the plane but couldn't take off because luggage wasn't loaded and that's been putting down to a shortage of ground staff and this is something we are seeing playing airports across europe, not enough people in those jobs since the pandemic and you could say, why were airline selling all of these flights if they knew they did not have the resources to get them off the ground but that is a problem and today we saw huge queues at dublin snaking outside of the airport and again just not enough security staff and

the airport and amsterdam had problems, so notjust a problem in the uk but across europe and the industry. the uk but across europe and the indust . . ~ the uk but across europe and the indust . ., ~ , ., the uk but across europe and the indust . ., ~' , ., , the uk but across europe and the indust . ., ~ , ., , . kate tynan was meant to be flying to crete from manchester airport this morning. we were flying from manchester airport to go to crete, this morning at 755, so we got there and we got through security fine, because my husband checked the bags in yesterday and was there for three hours checking the bags in so we didn't have that chaos this morning and got through security and we boarded the plane pretty much on time, however, it started to be delayed in lots of passengers were joining late so they had been stuck in the queue. and we end up being on a plane for three and a half hours and the pilot said that there was no staff to put the bags on the plane basically and they were waiting for the rubbish to arrive so eventually

the rubbish to arrive so eventually the luggage arrived after about three and a half hours. by that point, i think the airline staff had gone to a point where they weren't able to fly any more because they had gone over their time they were allowed so we had to end up getting back on the buses and going back to the terminal. under a really great choice of music on the bus going back to the terminal was leaving on a jet plane, which was very tactful, and we ended up being sent back to the departure lounge and we all went in a big queue up the stairs and were thinking, there's going to be a rep at the top to tell us what is happening and there was literally nobody there going to this information desk, nobody at the information desk, nobody at the information desk, nobody at the information desk and we waited two hours for someone to tell us what was happening and in the end i got a text message saying the flight had been cancelled and rescheduled until

tomorrow and eventually somebody turned up and said the same thing over a tannoy and we had to get our bags back and come home, so that's where we are now. we should be in crete but we are in manchester. the 23—year wait for nottingham forest is finally over. they will be playing premier league football next season aftert beating huddersfield 1—0 at wembley. adam wild has more. it isn't the easiest route to promotion. it is invariably the most agonising, the most exciting after nine months, this walk up wembley way is the season's final stretch. either huddersfield or nottingham forest, the riches of the premier league awaken some value that at £170 million but for one set of fans there is a party you cannot put a price on. not a time to let things slip by. ryan yates's eder did that,

the best of the early chances. but forest would have their moment before the break. driven into the box, lewis colwell deflecting past his own keeper and forest had the lead. now, could they hold onto it? the second half was a tale of two penalties that weren't. both at the forest end with harry toffolo brought down but no penalty, and even a video replay would not change the referee's mine. moments later, perhaps a stronger claim, and forrest seem to get away with it. forrest seem to get away with it. for huddersfield, this was agonising, but for forest, this meant everything. 23 years outside of the premier league finally as an end. the side twice crowned the best in europe are now back amongst english football's elite. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott, who won the derby a nine times, has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded 4,493 winners

in a career that started in 19118, when he was 12 years old. he was admitted to hospital in switzerland — where he lived — last week. he was jailed for three years in 1987 for tax fraud, but returned to racing after his release. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have

to work, in fact? well, it's pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. here comes lester piggott on nijinsky. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey�*s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o'clock... lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987, piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of his 0be, and while he made a comeback to some success, in 1995, at the age of 59 he finally retired from the saddle. despite his personal controversy, his sporting ability beyond dispute. one of the greatestjockeys that racing has ever seen. the champion jockey lester piggott, who's died at the age of 86. now it's time for a look

at the weather with chris. hello again. through the afternoon, we had quite a few shower clouds develop. this was one of those showers passing over the gower. you can see some rather menacing clouds there on the horizon. looking at the weather picture overnight tonight, we've got more showers to come down from the north, so it will turn quite wet for a time in scotland. some showers for northern england, probably northern ireland by the end of the night. a little bit drier further southwards across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the south, but quite a cool night, 5—7 celsius the overnight low for many of you. and tomorrow is another unsettled day. now, showers will be with us from the word go, quite a bit of cloud through the morning. into the afternoon, showers become increasingly widespread, some of them heavy and thundery, and because there's not much wind around, showers are going to be very slow—moving in nature as well. 0n into tuesday's forecast, it's another showery looking day, but this time the showers are going to be bigger, so more of them turning thundery. a bit of hail mixed as well. by the time we get to wednesday, the showers will mainly become confined to eastern areas, easing away elsewhere.